Looking for an easy dessert recipe for Halloween? Make these cute Jack o’ Lantern cupcakes using canned pumpkin, Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ cake mix and cream cheese frosting.
Jack-o’-Lantern Cupcakes
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ Butter Pecan Cake Mix
- 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 teaspoon orange paste food color
- 2 tubes (0.68 oz each) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel
- 12 green gumdrops
- 24 candied pecan halves
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
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Step3Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
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Step4In medium bowl, mix frosting and food color until blended. Frost cupcakes. Use black decorating gel to make jack-o’-lantern face.
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Step5On work surface, flatten gumdrops with rolling pin; cut out leaf shapes with sharp knife. Place leaf cutouts and 1 pecan half on cupcakes near stems.
Nutrition
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